On Mar 21, 8:17*pm, Canuck57 wrote:
On 21/03/2011 6:05 PM, Frogwatch wrote:

For years I have marvelled at how well Ace HArdware does although it
is often very close to Big Box hardware stores. *This is due to them
having knowledgeable help and a good selection of hard to find items.
However, today, I bought a socket extension there of the Ace brand and
as I was leaving the store I noticed it was "MAde in China". *Of
course, they had no others.
So, I wrote letter to Ace HQ complaining about this. *Their reply was
some nonsense about how stores are individually owned and the owners
control what they sell. *WRONG. *They are required to sell the ACE
brand. *Even then, ACE controls the ACE brand, not the stores. *So not
only do they continue to sell Chinese crap, they lie to me about it.
They have lost me as a customer.

So if there was poorly made American say at $5 and and say a $1.50
version from China you would buy American?

Funny, I used to know Chrylser workers in Racine hat owned rice rockets
and Toyotas, although they would take a Chryler beater just for work
parking.

I kid you not, I used to live there.

A communist "economy" cannot produce consistent quality because the
system discourages long term planning. Any company thta does well
ends up being required to have ChiCom party members on its board.
Company owners quickly realize it is better to just make a quick buck
and get out than to make a long term commitment to quality.
A capitalist economy is at least capable of producing quality. Japan
obviously does as does Taiwan.
China can execute all the QC people they want but it will not help.
The problem is inherent in their system of govt.